How well do you know ticket resale platforms?

The questions

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1. Estimate

   How big a cut does Vivid Seats take from earners?

   Somewhere between 0% and 50%.

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   10%

   Vivid Seats takes 10%. Its fees: 10% seller fee

   Source: Fee calculator: Vivid Seats Vivid Seats profile

2. Put in order

   Put these in order of founding, oldest first.

   • Vivid Seats
   • SeatGeek
   • TickPick
   • TCGplayer
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   TCGplayer → Vivid Seats → SeatGeek → TickPick

   TCGplayer (1998), Vivid Seats (2001), SeatGeek (2009), TickPick (2011).

   Source: How we verify our data TCGplayer profile

3. Multiple choice

   How much does it typically cost to start earning on ticket resale platforms?

   • Low
   • High
   • None
   • Medium
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   Medium

   Startup cost for ticket resale platforms: medium.

   Source: All ticket resale platforms Compare every platform type

4. Multiple choice

   Where is viagogo headquartered?

   • Australia
   • Switzerland
   • Canada
   • India
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   Switzerland

   viagogo is based in Geneva, Switzerland.

   Source: How we verify our data viagogo profile

5. Estimate

   In what year was SeatGeek founded?

   Somewhere between 1990 and 2026.

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   2009

   SeatGeek was founded in 2009 and is based in New York, United States.

   Source: How we verify our data SeatGeek profile

6. Multiple choice

   Which is older?

   • Vivid Seats
   • TCGplayer
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   TCGplayer

   TCGplayer was founded in 1998, Vivid Seats in 2001.

   Source: How we verify our data TCGplayer profile

7. Multiple choice

   Which of these is one of the ticket resale platforms?

   • Vivid Seats
   • Angkas
   • Patreon
   • Coconala
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   Vivid Seats

   Vivid Seats is one of the ticket resale platforms in the directory; the others are listed under different types.

   Source: All ticket resale platforms Vivid Seats profile

8. Multiple choice

   Higher or lower: which takes the bigger cut?

   • Vivid Seats
   • viagogo
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   viagogo

   viagogo takes ~ 15%; Vivid Seats takes 10%.

   Source: Platform fees compared viagogo profile

9. Multiple choice

   How long until the first payout, typically, on ticket resale platforms?

   • Days after the event
   • Months
   • 1-4 weeks
   • Days to 2 weeks
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   Days after the event

   Typical time to first pay on ticket resale platforms: Days after the event.

   Source: All ticket resale platforms Compare every platform type

10. Multiple choice

    Where is TCGplayer headquartered?

    • United States
    • Canada
    • South Korea
    • Japan
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    United States

    TCGplayer is based in Syracuse, United States.

    Source: How we verify our data TCGplayer profile

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